Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5634615 | Flexible hose storage board A flexible hose storage board comprising a collecting board having an ornamental article attached therewith is removably fixed to a wall onto which a flexible hose is wound in order around for storage. The hose collecting board has a plurality of spaced p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634616 | Removable automatic tripod legs for golf bags A tripod assembly for attachment to a golf bag includes two legs in a pivotal mount high on the bag which pivot out to form a tripod using the bag as one leg. The legs are controlled by a shoe attached to the ends of long spring rods coupled to the legs a... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634617 | Mixing bowl supporting assembly A supporting assembly for a mixing bowl is provided including a support having first and second opposing edges and at least one open end defining an interior space. First and second holding members are provided, each holding member covering at least a por... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634618 | Supports for mounting a planar object between opposed surfaces without substantially altering the mounting surface The present invention provides a support for quickly and securely mounting substantially planar objects between substantially opposed surfaces with minimal modification or alteration of said surfaces. The supports of the present invention use the object t... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634619 | Pole-supported apparatus and clamp for use therewith A clamp for use as part of a pole-supported apparatus, such as a display system, permits one or more articles to be held in fastened engagement to a support pole for securement thereof at a selected position therealong in a facilitated manner. The clamp i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634620 | Clamp assembly for motor flushing device A universal clamp assembly for remotely placing a motor flushing device over the water inlet ports of an outdrive of a marine motor from either above (twelve o'clock position), below (six o'clock position), to the right (three o'clock position), or to the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634621 | Three-stage dual cup holder A cup holder apparatus (10) is moveable between various vertical heights and width dimensions to selectively receive beverage containers (12) of different sizes. The apparatus (10) includes a housing (14) having a cavity (24) with a base (16) support ther... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634622 | Remote controllable television viewing stand A remote controllable television viewing support including a rigid base; a rigid platform positioned above of the base and having a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis, a substantially vertical central axis, and a size for supporting a television t... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634623 | Fixing device for a publication A device for holding a publication such as a book or a magazine, comprising two L-shaped supports slidable relative to each other and adapted to accommodate a publication between them. The supports having confronting surfaces between which the publication... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634624 | Quick disconnect coupler with selectively insertable valve assembly A quick disconnect coupler for releasably coupling pipes which incorporates a valve assembly including a valve sleeve, a ring surrounding the sleeve, a spring for resiliently urging the ring relative to the sleeve and a valve seat carried by the ring, whi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634625 | Valve closure system A valve assembly includes a valve closing device that is located within the flow passageway closed by the valve. The valve closure device includes a force member for imparting a closing force on a valve disk adjacent to the portion of the disk that contac... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634626 | Valve assembly plug and body seat improvements A valve with improved body and plug seats and methods of manufacturing the seats are disclosed. The body seat is separate from the valve body and is adhesively attached to the valve body about at least one of the valve body orifices. The body seat is adhe... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634627 | Controller An actuator comprises a valve case opened upward, a gas-driven actuator having a fixed portion provided on the valve case and fixed thereto and an operating portion movable upward and downward by a drive gas when the gas flows in or out, a valve stem exte... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634628 | Winch mounting system having winch translating portion A winch mounting system includes a stationary mounting member and a winch supporting member slideably mounted thereon. Bearings permit the winch supporting member to move in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the winch drum but restrain motion... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634629 | Rotary clamp having a common plane mounting arrangement A rotary clamp having a common plane mounting arrangement that provides a first planar surface for mounting the rotary clamp to a support member and a second planar surface for mounting a workpiece engaging means to the rotary clamp wherein the first and ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634630 | Stapler operating device with a sheet discharging mechanism for a copy machine The present invention discloses a stapler operating device with a sheet discharging mechanism in a copy machine. The device includes a sheet discharging mechanism for feeding sheets which has a plurality of trays for accommodating the sheets, each of whic... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634631 | Sheet delivery in a printing press Sheet delivery device in a printing press having stops and sheet pushers or sliders for forming a sheet pile on a changeable sheet-pile carrier, and a conveyor system for transporting sheets successively to a location above the sheet pile includes a stabi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634632 | Sheet post-treating apparatus A sheet post-treating apparatus includes a gripper that moves a pile of sheets from a sorting tray to a discharge tray. The position of the pile of sheets on the tray is selected between alternative discharge positions so that successive piles can be jogg... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634633 | Apparatus and method for securing an item to printed material An apparatus for attaching an item to printed material, including a cover applicator for securing covers to signatures, a signature supplier positioned to provide at least one signature to the cover applicator, and a cover feeder positioned to feed covers... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634634 | Vacuum corrugated duplex tray having oscillating side guides A device for transporting material, in the form of discrete sheets, seriatim to a stack of discrete sheets, and subsequently seriatim away from such stack. The discrete sheet material transport device comprises a support for a stack of discrete sheets. Th... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634635 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder for feeding and discharging a document or documents to and from a document handling device such as a copying machine includes a document supply unit having a separation roller and register rollers, positioning unit and dischar... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634636 | Flexible object handling system using feedback controlled air jets A fluid transport system for moving flexible objects includes a conveyor configured to direct fluid flow against opposite sides of flexible objects. A sensor unit senses motion state of flexible objects, and a motion analysis unit is connected to the sens... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634637 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding arrangement has a main body and a width direction. A sheet passage extends in a main body of the arrangement like a letter "U" in a direction perpendicular to the width direction of the arrangement. The "U" of the passage has a predetermin... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634638 | Portable, retractable sports enclosure A portable self-standing sports enclosure which may be opened and closed by a single person. A carrier frame contains at least one foldable frame section. Each foldable frame section includes an enclosure support member. The foldable frame sections fold i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634639 | Ball game apparatus with a plurality of different balls and winning pocket portions A ball game apparatus has a plurality of balls, a spiral rail for automatically delivering the balls, a field portion on which the balls delivered by the spiral rail can roll with a given degree of freedom, winning pocket portions and invalid pockets form... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634640 | Sports target system A sports target system adapted for use in connection with a backdrop, is generally composed of at least one resiliently stretchable cord having hooks at each end thereof, such as a conventional stretch cord, and at least one flaccidly flexible target, suc... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634641 | Play device to match up data or designs An amusement device according to the invention offering numerous possibilities for mapping data with results, for example, drawings, mathematical functions, names and the like depicted on visible surfaces (6, 16, 24, 25, 34, 35) which are adjacent and rot... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634642 | Water dumping game with adjustable target A water dumping game with adjustable target comprising: a base with a front edge and a rear edge; an upright support having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper edge and a lower edge, the lower edge being affixed to the base, the upper edge including... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634643 | Sock ball game system A new Sock Ball Game System for decreasing the velocity and increasing the visibility of a ball during play and for preventing the ball from rolling away after engaging the ground. The inventive device includes a ball such as a tennis ball, and an elongat... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634644 | Gasket based on elastomer, plastic, or like material, a method of manufacturing such a gasket, and a method of mounting it on a support A constant section gasket based on elastomer, plastic, or like material, the gasket comprising a constant section element that is extruded or molded in at least one material selected from elastomers, plastics, thermoplastic elastomers, and the like materi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634645 | Sheet-like gasket with overlapped peripheral portions A sheet-like gasket formed of a material having a layered internal structure, for suppressing or preventing leakage penetration, and to attain very high sealing properties together with contact-surface leakage reduction. The sheet-like gasket has two base... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634646 | Metal laminate gasket with coating layer A metal laminate gasket of the invention is used for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder bore and a fluid hole. The gasket is formed of first and second metal plates, and a coating layer situated between the first and second metal plates. The ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634647 | Braking device particularly for skates Braking device, particularly usable for skates which include a shoe composed of a quarter which is articulated to a shell which is in turn associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels. The device includes at least one elastic strut that allow... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634648 | Roller skate with improved fit Roller skate with improved fit which includes a first front body for supporting and securing the front part of the foot and a second rear body for supporting and securing at least the heel. These bodies are rotatably associated with each other, and each b... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634649 | Means for making ready tools and material Apparatus for making available tools and materials contains a frame, which is formed from a lower frame element and uprights fixed thereto. Closed storage containers for tools and materials can be individually fitted to the frame. The storage containers c... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634650 | Recreational wheelchair A recreational wheelchair having four oversized low pressure tires for use on beaches, lakeshores or other soft or rough terrain environments. The structural members of the chair are made of rugged and corrosion resistant materials such as polyvinyl chlor... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634651 | Land transportation device A land transportation device for compact, sandy and open land, with or without a slope, based on the intersection of two reinforced and identical truncated rings in orthogonal planes with respect to each other. The geometric centers shifted of the rings a... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634652 | Bicycle suspension A suspension member for a bicycle is set forth which includes a strut telescopically received into a cylinder. A head assembly extends from the cylinder through a piston defined at the end of the strut and into the strut. Mounted to the assembly is a valv... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634653 | Bicycle suspension system A bicycle suspension system is provided that may be located in the head tube at the front of the bicycle frame. The system may be hydraulic, hydro-pneumatic or spring based, but in each case the degree of damping provided may be adjusted by a rotatable kn... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634654 | Reinforced joint structure of the braces on a baby stroller A reinforced structure for the joints of the braces on a baby stroller, and especially an improvement of the first and second joints each constructed by a front brace and the rear brace respectively with a corresponding handle. The first joints have engag... | 06/03/1997 |
